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Post by jimmie on Jun 8, 2017 14:27:32 GMT -8
God appears to be speaking to the earth in Gen. 1:26, but who is speaking to in Gen. 3:23.
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Post by alon on Jun 8, 2017 16:14:59 GMT -8
God appears to be speaking to the earth in Gen. 1:26, but who is speaking to in Gen. 3:23.
God most often refers to Himself in the plural. It’s like the “Royal ‘We.’” He speaks in all the fullness of His Glory and His rank in the universe- that being at the top of the heap! His thoughts here are like when we plan something in our head. Only we (being somewhat lower in the pile) would say “‘I’ said to myself.” Genesis 3:22-23 (ESV) Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.Gen 3:22-23 gives a better idea of who God was speaking to- and it is the same as in Gen 1:26. These are His thoughts to Himself. If He were to speak the words, it would be done immediately. But notice the “therefore.” There’s an old Christianese saying that “Whenever you see a “woe” or a “therefore” in the Bible, you’d better stop and see what it’s there for!” So we pause here and think … and we can se He said it to Himself in vs. 22, then He did what He needed to do in vs. 23. Good question. Made me stop and think a bit ... Dan  C |
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